Is this the Smithe list or Smith? I thought it was only for Smithe--? ----- Original Message ----- From: Pat Connors To: smith-nyc-l@rootsweb.com ; smith-ny-l@rootsweb.com ; smith-uk-l@rootsweb.com ; smithe-l@rootsweb.com ; smythe-l ; smyth-l@rootsweb.com Sent: Saturday, October 14, 2006 2:06 PM Subject: [SMITHE] Smith researcher needs help I am passing this on from a fellow Smith researcher who is looking for help. If you can help him, please note his email address after his name. thanks. > My maternal grandmother is a second generation American from Irish > ancestry. I know than her grandparents were probably born in Ireland. > The family used a really neat way of naming the kids. So her brother is > named Davis Lewis Smith . He was given the first name of his paternal > grandfather David I. Smith and the surname of his maternal grandmother > Anna Marie Lewis. David and Winifred (thats my maternal grandmother) were > the oldest and the youngest of a family of 4 children born to Samuel Fair > Smith and Cynthia Ann Wood. I don't know who or where the name Samuel > came from but his middle name is the surname of his maternal grandmother > Margaret Fair (born 1791 in Ireland)was the child of John Fair and Jane > Dempsey and it was she who married a Young. Hence she was known as widow > Margaret Young in the 1880 census living with her daughter Sarah Young and > Andrew Barr. Margaret Young Smith and David had several children > including Frances, Jane, the twin boys, Samuel, and Sarah probably all > born at Mount Vernon, Westchester county. Samuel was born in August 1858. > I found Andrew Barr in the 1850 Census living as a boarder in the home of > his employer a lace merchant in New York City. He was married by 1860 and > Sara h's mother Margaret Young was living with them. By 1870 they were > also in Mt. Vernon. I am a bit confused with where Sarah Young was born > as one census says New York City in 1833 another says Ireland. Her > sister Margaret Young is always shown as born in Ireland 1825.I have not > found the ship that they came to America on. Thanks for any insights you > may have in my search. I used Census records from 1850 on but I don't > have the name of Margaret and Sara h's father. I also do not know where > Margaret Fair Young is buried but she was living in 1880. Could you post > this on one or more of the lists that you are subscribed to please. > > Daniel David Lewis Frommherz mckenzie_market@mckenzievalleymarket.com -- Pat Connors, visiting South Lee, MA http://www.connorsgenealogy.com ====SMITHE Mailing List==== Check out some Smith(e)/Smyth(e) websites: http://www.connorsgenealogy.com/Smith/ New York City Smith(e)s/Smyth(e)s: http://www.connorsgenealogy.com/SmithNYC/ New York State: http://www.connorsgenealogy.com/SmithNY/ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to SMITHE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

> > Is this the Smithe list or Smith? I thought it was only for Smithe--? Doing genealogy research, one must use all the various spellings of a surname. Therefore, any of the various spellings of the Smith/Smyth name would be appropriate for this list. While it is dedicated to SMITHE, it would be sad if someone missed their family because others in it spelled the name differently. In my father's family, some have Connors and others have O'Connor as their last name but all are first cousins and/or brothers. -- Pat Connors, visiting South Lee, MA http://www.connorsgenealogy.com